Species Details

ABH: 49.191

BF: 1102

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Endothenia nigricostana

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Hedge Marble

Account: Local in woodland and dry pastures throughout much of England and Wales The obscure fasciate markings of the forewing and the large, diffuse, yellow-ochreous dorsal blotch obliterating the median fascia except for a narrow bar at the costa are characteristic, but an inconspicuous and sluggish species, whose presence is sometimes only revealed by collecting dry old stems of hedge woundwort during the winter [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems and roots of Hedge Woundwort.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 11 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 May (2011) — 5 Jul (2016)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/endothenia-nigricostana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2018

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